The Birkbeck Early Modern Society’s 6th Annual Students’ Conference
SCIENCE, MAGIC and RELIGION
A one day conference to mark the retirement from Birkbeck of
Prof. Michael Hunter
Saturday 2 February 2013, 10.45-16.30
Malet St, Room B33
There is no charge to attend this conference but if you are coming please e-mail our secretary Laura Jacobs to register at bbkems@gmail.com. Lunch is not provided but you are welcome to bring a packed lunch and eat it in room B04. Please note that the rooms have changed since we planned to hold this event in the autumn.
| 10.45 | Coffee and teas, room B30 |
| 11.15 | Key Note SpeechProf. Michael Hunter, ‘Reflections on My Career as an Early Modern Historian’ |
| 12.30 | Lunch and coffee and teas, room B30 |
| 13.30 | Panel One: Natural PhilosophyChair: tbc
Maria Kirk, ‘ “The Thoughts Feasted”: Margaret Cavendish and the Consumption of Knowledge’
Clare Fitzpatrick, ‘A Drop from Henry More’s An Antidote to Atheism (1653)’
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| 14.40 | Coffee and teas, room B30 |
| 15.00 | Panel Two: Witchcraft and KingcraftChair tbc
Rachel White, ‘ “All their witchcrafts at my fingers endes”: Thomas Nashe, The Terrors of the Night, and the Trial of the Witches of Warboys’
Stephen Brogan, ‘Debating the Miraculous Nature of the Royal Touch During the Stuart Restoration, 1660-85’
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| 16.10 | Closing Remarks: Prof. Michael Hunter |
| 16.20 -18.00 | Drinks reception, room B30 |
January 21st, 2013 at 12:05
Your date – 22 September, 2012 – must be wrong!
January 25th, 2013 at 16:34
22 Sept 2012 date was the original date but we had to postpone. 2 Feb 2013 is the new (and correct!) date for the Conference. Sorry for any confusion!